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MF In this article, it talks about a substance that absorbs 99.96 percent of all light, which is useful for space travel. It also shows a material made of nanotubes that can sop up 100x its own weight of hydrophobic materials. It could be use to take care of massive oil spills. Also, there is a yarn like material that can act as a nano muscle, lifting 100,000x its own weight. All these things can be incredibly useful. I think that the nano-muscles are the must applicable for the future. A material that can lift 100,000x its own weight can replace a mechanical object and could be produced for much cheaper.
HB In the article, it talks about a substance that can absorb 99.96% of all light. Throughout the article it is talking about nano-tubes. Nano mean "billionth." This is a material that they grow like grass, but when spun, its like a thread in a sweater. Scientists are trying to make it bigger and bigger by spinning pieces together and hopefully making it lighter than cable, but can hold more than it. Its is important because it could be used to clean up major oil spills (if only this was made when there was the massive spill in the Gulf). I think this would be a much cheaper and more efficient way to build/hold things. I wonder if they could find away for these nano-tubes to conduct electricity, and somehow replace the heavy electrical lines and possibly stop the downed lines when the weather gets bad..
NAB In the article it mentions a material that absorbs 96.96 percent of all light. They talk about using the material to absorb light on space telescopes. Besides being the best light absorber known to science, carbon nanotubes are incredibly strong. carbon nanotube forests can be woven into carbon nanotube thread which can hold a massive amount of weight compared to its size. Another material the article talks about is the carbon nanotube sponge. This material is similar to nanotube forests but boron atoms cause kinks in the normally straight nanotubes. This inclusion creates a sponge which can absorb 100 times its own weight in oil. this material is being worked on in hopes to produce a nanotube sponge that can absorb 1000 times its weight in oil. The last thing this article mentions are artificial muscles that are made of carbon nanotube threads and wax. When the wax soaked thread is exposed to light or heat the wax melts and the thread is allowed to contract. when the wax cools the thread widens and shortens creating massive pulling strength. I think that these threads could be used to create artificial arms , legs or fingers. I think it could be possible if you used a low melting point wax and a safe heat source with some springs and other mechanical parts you could build a cheap effective artificial arm.
Apparently Nanotechnology (nano=billionth/0.000000001 meters) is all the rage these days with scientists. This is because the smaller something is the useful it becomes and things can change. For example, gold changes colors the smaller it gets, it can go from red to yellow to green to blue to even purple, all thanks to quantum physics.The use this by covering space ships and space telescopes with Vantablack which is a carpet of nanotubes made of different elements such as carbon, nickle, or/and iron, which is said to absorb 96.96% of light to create the blackest substance yet seen by science, which the scientist grow the substance like grace in a labratory. Scientists have also seen how strong the Vantablack nanotubes are by twirling them and create braids with it, which makes it very similar to metal, making it like metallic yarn, and when pulled it is kind of web like. These might be able to power nanomachines. These things are pretty strong, they all are able to lift weight with the string and a small machine. Finally, some people think that they can make nanomachines to protect the planet. For example, they can collect dust and debris from the air. They can collect oil in the water from an oil spill. Most people would see this as a fantasy, others think they can make it a reality.
This article talks about a substance that absorbs 99.96% of all light. I found this article a little confusing, but I thought the video about the nanotube artificial muscle was very cool! On the other video, I thought it was cool how they could spin the carbon string, and how it was very sticky. And its as light as spider webs!
In order for us to do amazing things, we need amazing tools to do them. When scientists work toward new, stronger, smarter and better technology, we can do more like finally figure out what's on the other side of a black hole in space, make flying easier and faster, make cars fly and build elevators to the stars. Having special tiny material made up of artificial muscles to run machinery is super cool! Some materials scientists are working on our super, super nano small, (nano means a billionth). Its amazing because the size compares to the width of a human hair particle! It's also really neat how nanotubes need so much light, enough from 10 to 20 years of sunshine! It's crazy how long it would take to grow nanotubes and be able to experiment on them. Other scientists are working on tiny sponges with pores that can absorb up to 1,000 times there weight in oil. So many of these things are super cool and amazing to study.
RJL This article talks about nanotube fibers, and a substance, which everyone has already talked about, that absorbs 99.6% of light. It talks about how this could be used, I think it said for things like airplanes, whether it's for disguise or anything else. I think this is definitely worth perusing, because of its camouflage capabilities for anything from hunting to on the battle field. This is definitely worth looking into, and maybe it will be a new leader in disguise technologies.
It talks about a substance that absorbs 99.96 percent of all light. It shows a material made of nanotubes that can absorb up to 100 times its own weight. It could also be used to take care of a big oil spill. There's a yarn like material that can act as a nano muscle, lifting up to 100,000 times its own weight. These things can be very useful. If you think about it, a type of material that can lift 100,000 times its own weight can most likely replace an object.
MF
ReplyDeleteIn this article, it talks about a substance that absorbs 99.96 percent of all light, which is useful for space travel. It also shows a material made of nanotubes that can sop up 100x its own weight of hydrophobic materials. It could be use to take care of massive oil spills. Also, there is a yarn like material that can act as a nano muscle, lifting 100,000x its own weight. All these things can be incredibly useful. I think that the nano-muscles are the must applicable for the future. A material that can lift 100,000x its own weight can replace a mechanical object and could be produced for much cheaper.
HB
ReplyDeleteIn the article, it talks about a substance that can absorb 99.96% of all light. Throughout the article it is talking about nano-tubes. Nano mean "billionth." This is a material that they grow like grass, but when spun, its like a thread in a sweater. Scientists are trying to make it bigger and bigger by spinning pieces together and hopefully making it lighter than cable, but can hold more than it. Its is important because it could be used to clean up major oil spills (if only this was made when there was the massive spill in the Gulf). I think this would be a much cheaper and more efficient way to build/hold things. I wonder if they could find away for these nano-tubes to conduct electricity, and somehow replace the heavy electrical lines and possibly stop the downed lines when the weather gets bad..
NAB
ReplyDeleteIn the article it mentions a material that absorbs 96.96 percent of all light. They talk about using the material to absorb light on space telescopes. Besides being the best light absorber known to science, carbon nanotubes are incredibly strong. carbon nanotube forests can be woven into carbon nanotube thread which can hold a massive amount of weight compared to its size. Another material the article talks about is the carbon nanotube sponge. This material is similar to nanotube forests but boron atoms cause kinks in the normally straight nanotubes. This inclusion creates a sponge which can absorb 100 times its own weight in oil. this material is being worked on in hopes to produce a nanotube sponge that can absorb 1000 times its weight in oil. The last thing this article mentions are artificial muscles that are made of carbon nanotube threads and wax. When the wax soaked thread is exposed to light or heat the wax melts and the thread is allowed to contract. when the wax cools the thread widens and shortens creating massive pulling strength. I think that these threads could be used to create artificial arms , legs or fingers. I think it could be possible if you used a low melting point wax and a safe heat source with some springs and other mechanical parts you could build a cheap effective artificial arm.
AC
ReplyDeleteApparently Nanotechnology (nano=billionth/0.000000001 meters) is all the rage these days with scientists. This is because the smaller something is the useful it becomes and things can change. For example, gold changes colors the smaller it gets, it can go from red to yellow to green to blue to even purple, all thanks to quantum physics.The use this by covering space ships and space telescopes with Vantablack which is a carpet of nanotubes made of different elements such as carbon, nickle, or/and iron, which is said to absorb 96.96% of light to create the blackest substance yet seen by science, which the scientist grow the substance like grace in a labratory. Scientists have also seen how strong the Vantablack nanotubes are by twirling them and create braids with it, which makes it very similar to metal, making it like metallic yarn, and when pulled it is kind of web like. These might be able to power nanomachines. These things are pretty strong, they all are able to lift weight with the string and a small machine. Finally, some people think that they can make nanomachines to protect the planet. For example, they can collect dust and debris from the air. They can collect oil in the water from an oil spill. Most people would see this as a fantasy, others think they can make it a reality.
This article talks about a substance that absorbs 99.96% of all light. I found this article a little confusing, but I thought the video about the nanotube artificial muscle was very cool! On the other video, I thought it was cool how they could spin the carbon string, and how it was very sticky. And its as light as spider webs!
ReplyDeleteIn order for us to do amazing things, we need amazing tools to do them. When scientists work toward new, stronger, smarter and better technology, we can do more like finally figure out what's on the other side of a black hole in space, make flying easier and faster, make cars fly and build elevators to the stars. Having special tiny material made up of artificial muscles to run machinery is super cool! Some materials scientists are working on our super, super nano small, (nano means a billionth). Its amazing because the size compares to the width of a human hair particle! It's also really neat how nanotubes need so much light, enough from 10 to 20 years of sunshine! It's crazy how long it would take to grow nanotubes and be able to experiment on them. Other scientists are working on tiny sponges with pores that can absorb up to 1,000 times there weight in oil. So many of these things are super cool and amazing to study.
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ReplyDeleteThis article talks about nanotube fibers, and a substance, which everyone has already talked about, that absorbs 99.6% of light. It talks about how this could be used, I think it said for things like airplanes, whether it's for disguise or anything else. I think this is definitely worth perusing, because of its camouflage capabilities for anything from hunting to on the battle field. This is definitely worth looking into, and maybe it will be a new leader in disguise technologies.
It talks about a substance that absorbs 99.96 percent of all light. It shows a material made of nanotubes that can absorb up to 100 times its own weight. It could also be used to take care of a big oil spill. There's a yarn like material that can act as a nano muscle, lifting up to 100,000 times its own weight. These things can be very useful. If you think about it, a type of material that can lift 100,000 times its own weight can most likely replace an object.
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